Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning added to OP 10/1/26

Feels like testing the waters in terms of deploying the National Guard ad hoc. If there is no repercussions like getting sued by California then Trump would effectively have a militia to use with no kick back for literally anything he deems a threat. If only there were any examples from HiSStory for that tact.

Started off as a peaceful protest until the authorities went batshit. Mayhem breeds criminality.

I'd put the chaos entirely on trump and the heavy handed response.

How can any self respecting 'man' of service not only take this guy seriously, but publicly defend him and his bullshit?

The guy is spending at least 50 million dollars on a military parade outside his home, while slashing the meagre benefits of disabled war veterans.

My advice to any military officer who is given a mobilisation order is to produce a notebook and insist that it be written in the book, timed, dated and signed by the person issuing the order. If there is a refusal to provide the request, that is grounds enough to inform the person issuing the order that the refusal is tantamount to an admission that the order is unlawful and contrary to military law, and an offence which must be reported as such to the MP's, if not JAG. ABC is the best policy. It's better to be called a pain in the ass than fall for a false order.

I'd never have thought of the Democrats as Anarchists burning down cities all over the US for years.

You are actually serious… clucking bell

I suspect you’ve never been to the states going by your comments.

Infrastructure over there is 3rd world compared to most European countries.

Crumbling rusting subways same with critical bridges and this is in New York the country’s richest city!

There is a legal and moral argument to deport illegal migrants who have been involved in crime, particularly serious crime. Not so much of a moral argument to uproot illegal migrants who are working low paid jobs that help keep the economy running, who have put down roots and are involved in their communities. You're not only affecting their lives when you do that, you're messing with whole interconnected communities. At that point, you've only got the law argument, but you're really not hearing the mood music.

As ever, when Trump supporters want to be left alone, it's all about states' autonomy then, but when it's something they want to mess with, the federal government cannot be big enough.